“Change the planning laws and the Building Code Of Australia so all members of our community especially those with a profound disability have access to suitable toileting and change facilities.”

“This is my son Liam, he is 12 years old. Liam has cerebral palsy and other chromosomal abnormalities which leave him severely intellectually and physically disabled.”

“Liam is also incontinent and wears nappies. Our big problem is when we go out into the community there is no change facility/ toilet to change Liam’s nappy.”

Please sign this petition to change the Building code of Australia. All new public buildings or renovations to older buildings should have upgraded toileting/ changing facilities to meet the needs of everyone in their communities especially the most vulnerable.

All children at the Niederaudorf Elementary School learn together. The highly gifted, the severely disabled and all children in between, all of them are welcome – here, diversity is a chance, not an obstacle.

How does this work?

Physical Education every day, when only 3 lessons per week are required?

Isn’t it mure more exhausting to educate children of different age together?

Disabled children and Children suffering from ADHD in addition to children without disabilities – isn’t an elementary school teacher already highly challenged by a “normal” class?

“These and many more questions will be answered in the movie “Inclusion strengthens“. We show the answers, based upon the quesioned “What do we want for our children?”, asked to the founders of Niederaudorf Elementary School. The movie shows, that it’s not only about integrating special children, but also about the added value this brings along. It shows that “Learning from each other” is a successful concept which works perfectly at an Elementary School and points far beyond it. And last but not least, that it can be financed inside the German School System.”

The movie has been escorting the school since its foundation and gives evidence of the successes and problems of this project. We want to make inclusion possible and spread it. Other schools can benefit from our experiences – we want to encourage them and we want to show that it’s worth it.

The management and the pedagogic director of Niederaudorf Elementary School will answer any further questions with pleasure! Please do not hesitate to contact them!

Margarita Lopez lives for days like this one — when son Samuel Saez is not crying, when he responds to her caresses, when he seems to know what’s going on around him. There aren’t many of these, but enough to keep her going.